Post-traumatic habitual luxation of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon
Goaid, B.; Cargouri, R.; Moula, T.
Revue de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Reparatrice de l'Appareil Moteur 75(5): 345-346
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-1040 PMID: 2682819 Document Number: 342481
The authors refer to one case of isolated post traumatic habitual luxation of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon. They notice: The rariety of such luxation: only 12 cases detected in the literature. Mechanism: brutal pronation-adduction of the wrist. The most important clinical sign: audible bounce in the prono-supination. Principal lesion: dilapidation or rupture of the tendon sheath. surgical reparation of this sheath. The orthopedic treatment even in acute stadium will not prevent from evolution to the habitual luxation, source of permanent functional constraint.